"I no longer know what architecture is or what an architect does," Spanish designer Luis Urculo writes on his Vimeo page. Which might help explain why, in the film he made below, he seems to have confused a bunch of household crap for famous buildings.

If you’ve read your Jane Jacobs, you don’t need us to extol the virtues of mixed-use design: Stuffing housing, shops, offices, and entertainment venues in a single place makes city living a cinch and can promote diversity and a sense of community, to boot. Fifty years ago, though, with the "house and garage" version of the American dream in full flower, mixed-use buildings were practically nonexistent. It fell to Bertrand Goldberg—the guy behind Chicago’s iconic corncob towers—to spearhead the architecture that today represents one of the better instincts of modern cities.

Fifty years ago with the "house and garage" version of the American dream in full flower, mixed-use buildings were practically nonexistent. It fell to Bertrand Goldberg to spearhead the better instincts of modern cities.